Biology:Pegasus (fish)

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Pegasus
Pegasus tetrabelos holotype.PNG
Pegasus tetrabelos
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Pegasidae
Genus: Pegasus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Pegasus volitans
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Acanthopegasus McCulloch, 1915
  • Cataphractus Gronow, 1763
  • Leptopegasus Bleeker, 1872
  • Parapegasus Duméril, 1870
  • Spinipegasus Rendahl, 1930

Pegasus is a genus of seamoths found in coastal tropical marine waters. The name was taken from the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. This horse was created with Medusa´s blood.[1] The member species are distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean waters around: Australia , Bahrain, China , India , Indonesia, Japan , Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania and Thailand.[1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Pegasus lancifer Kaup, 1861 (Sculptured seamoth)
  • Pegasus laternarius G. Cuvier, 1816 (Brick seamoth)
  • Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-tail seamoth)
  • Pegasus tetrabelos Osterhage, Pogonoski, Appleyard & W. T. White, 2016 (Short-spined seamoth) [2]
  • Pegasus sinensis Ying-Yi Zhang, Rong-Rong Zhang, Shao-Bo Ma, Shuai-Shuai Liu, Qiang Lin and Xin Wang], 2022 (Chinese seamoth)[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). "Pegasidae" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. .Osterhage, D., Pogonoski, J.J., Appleyard, S.A. & White, W.T. (2016): Integrated Taxonomy Reveals Hidden Diversity in Northern Australian Fishes: A New Species of Seamoth (Genus Pegasus). PLoS ONE, 11 (3): e0149415.
  3. Zhang, Ying-Yi; Zhang, Rong-Rong; Ma, Shao-Bo; Liu, Shuai-Shuai; Lin, Qiang; Wang, Xin (18 July 2022). "A new seamoth species of Pegasus (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae) from the East China Sea". Zoological Research 43 (4): 675–678. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.109. PMID 35791615. 

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